Those lyrics from Kiss Me, Kate—though I’ve actually never seen that musical—usually start going through my head about this time. Tonight marks the opening of our theater company’s summer musical—yay! And yikes! Unexpected challenges and curveballs always seem to hit when you’re putting on a theater production (well, why should this part of life be […]
We’ve been doing a lot of lifts in rehearsal lately. See? That’s me up in the air. Ahh! But it’s fun. 🙂 Most of us are rather new to lifts, but there’s something thrilling about them, though they can be tricky. Both lifter and liftee have to work together, getting the right grip, balance, position, […]
Our house has been “alive with the sound of music” lately. We’ve been holding vocal rehearsals for our next show at our new home in recent weeks, with harmonies, melodies, and foot-stomping beats ringing from the walls. We love it. Wednesday night was our last rehearsal here, as we’ll be in the theater from now […]
So, remember that post I wrote about feeling stuck in my current story? Well, it worked—I’m getting unstuck, I think. With prayerfully interviewing my character, getting to know her better, and putting myself more in her shoes. Also letting things be a little harder on her, letting her struggle more. Amazing how that makes a […]
As promised, here are the ways I’ve been coming to understand some of the basic building blocks of story–with a certain Tale as Old as Time as example. 🙂 1. The Inciting Incident I first heard of this concept in a screenwriting class in college. This event is what gets the story going. […]
My sister and I are unashamed musical theater geeks. Sometimes I wonder what people sitting behind us in the audience think when we squeeze hands and sway and bounce together in time to the music during the overture—if they can even see us in a darkened theater—but we don’t care. We agree the most exciting […]
We put on a show the other day.During both performances, I stood in my little corner at the back of the theater, near the door to handle tickets for any late-comers and close to the table of “Singing Valentines” I supervised at intermission, and watched in delight as our young performers–ages 9 to 25–danced, sang, […]
A lovely new blogging friend, Jessie Gunderson, was kind enough to nominate me for the “Liebster Award”—liebster apparently being a German word for “favorite,” and this being a way to help get the word out about small-scale bloggers whom others might enjoy. The idea was to share 11 things about yourself, answer 11 questions, and […]
My family and I had so much fun tonight. My sister dancing around–a few years ago. 🙂 Then my sister started showing us her dance routines from her community college classes leading up to performances in December. She put music on, and our dad started dancing around too, and then our parents showed us the […]
